HI guys, I haven't used Max since school (2003) where we learned how to control various external devices (camera, monitor, etc). I can't say much about how its doing since, but thought you might be interested if you don't know about it already:
> *Max* is a visual > programming<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_programming>language for > music <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music> and > multimedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia>developed and maintained > by San > Francisco <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco>-based software > company Cycling '74 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_%2774>. During > its 20-year history, it has been widely used by composers, performers, > software designers, researchers, and artists for creating innovative > recordings, performances, and installations. > > The *Max* program itself is highly modular, with most routines existing in > the form of shared libraries <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_library>. > An API <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_Programming_Interface>allows > third-party development of new routines (called "external objects"). > As a result, Max has a large userbase of programmers not affiliated with > Cycling '74 who enhance the software with commercial and non-commercial > extensions <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_%28computing%29> to the > program. Because of its > extensible<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensibility>design and graphical > interface <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interface> (which in a novel > way represents the program > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_program>structure and the > GUI <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface> as presented > to the user simultaneously), Max is widely regarded as[*weasel > words<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words> > *] the lingua franca <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_franca> for > developing interactive music performance software. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_%28software%29 Catherine On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 11:53 PM, Ian Clark <[email protected]>wrote: > I've recently discovered there's a whole art form dedicated to dolls > (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agalmatophilia) -- like the ones > you can get for a mere 6000 bucks from http://www.realdoll.com/ . > Combining both technologies (with a Wi-Fi-enabled Arduino selling > itself on eBay embedded in the silicone head of a realdoll?) and hey > presto! -- the world's first android gold-digger. > > Ian > > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Joey K Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote: > > An interesting article about Art&Technology - > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/magazine/09FOB-Consumed-t.html > > > > describing the work "A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter" which attempts > > to sell itself on eBay... Computer uses are getting more and more > > creative. > > > > > > At 03:05 +0100 2010/05/10, Ian Clark wrote: > >>Devon, > >> > >>I'll happily write up my experience with the use of J and put it on > >>the wiki. To get into Arduino, start with this portal: > >>http://arduino.cc/ . Also MAKE: magazine > >>http://www.makezine.com/magazine/ --just about every other gizmo has > >>an Arduino duct-taped to it. > >> > >>I doubt I'll be able to add much to the use of the Arduino in general. > >>There's a load of freeware and documentation, also a forum. But it > >>would be nice to see J somewhere on this extensive list, which shows > >>all our main competitors: > >>http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Main/InterfacingWithSoftware > >>Your museum curator can't really say there isn't much published > >>experience with it. But he's certainly opened an interesting market > >>for an aspiring Arduino jock: consultant engineer for art exhibitions > >>and museum displays. > >> > >>As for altering the artist's code, I guess that falls into the same > >>ethical category as restoring the pigments in Old Masters. I wouldn't > >>consider the code part of the artwork, but supporting technology. A > >>grey area though, which could do with some published interface > >>standards, if not software products, so artists could benefit from a > >>code version of Cryla or Fimo. > >> > >>Ian > >> > >> > >>On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> Ian - I'd be interested in what you find out about the Arduino. I > heard a > >>> talk on it at BarCamp NYC a couple of weeks ago. The talk was about > its use > >>> in artworks and the complications this raises for art curators with > regard > >>> to maintaining the work because they often lack the technical > expertise to > >>> work with a micro-controller. There are also issues about maintaining > the > >>> integrity of a piece - whether a curator has the right to potentially > alter > >>> a work by changing its programming. > >>> > >>> Please keep us informed. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Devon > >>> > >>> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Ian Clark <[email protected] > >wrote: > >>> > >>>> I'm currently playing with the Arduino microcontroller much beloved > of > >>>> hobbyists and gadgeteers: http://arduino.cc/ > >>>> > >>>> Pleased with what I can make it do so far, which is program it (in > C), > >>>> but not communicate through my Mac with its running program. > >>>> > >>>> It has a USB port which supports a simple TTY interface via which > >>>> commands can be sent and data retrieved. > >>>> > >>>> Does anyone have any experience of communicating with it using J? > >>>> > >>>> Ian > >>>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Devon McCormick, CFA > >>> ^me^ at acm. > >>> org is my > >>> preferred e-mail > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >>> > >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Catherine Lathwell http://www.aprogramminglanguage.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
